Ultima 3: Exodus Remastered
Produced by: Fox Cunning
Website: Ultima: Exodus Remastered @ ROMhacking
A reworked version of Ultima 3 for the NES.
This project is a significant overhaul of the Nintendo Entertainment System port of Ultima 3. According to the announcement of its release, the patch “not only fixes bugs and restores missing text and clues, but also updates the graphics, reintroduces enemies that were only found in the computer versions, and improves the gameplay without completely altering it.”
Specifically, this version of Ultima 3 boasts an improved and more user-friendly UI, improvements to the 3D dungeon view, NPC portraits in conversations, a revamped enemy AI that improves the speed and tactical experience of battles, rebalanced battle and magic systems, lootable weapons and armour, and improved graphics based on sprites and tiles from Ultima 4, Ultima 5, and Ultima 6. And, in addition to the aforementioned bug and quality of life fixes (e.g. horses now affect your movement rate), Fox Cunning has also overhauled character professions to make them more distinct from each other.
One notable aspect of the game that Exodus Remastered does not change is the music. This was a deliberate choice, so as to allow the mod to be compatible with future hacks that do modify the game’s sound effects or music.
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